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One more last thing (this time we mean it but we just had to include this tip-within-a-
chapter-full-of-tips): You can create keyboard shortcuts such as these in OS X since at least
version 10.6 (Snow Leopard). Just launch the System Preferences app, click the Language
and Text (Snow Leopard) or Keyboard (Lion or later) icon, and then click the Text tab.
Auto-Correction Is Your Friend
Here are three related tips about Auto-Correction that can also help you type faster and more accur-
ately.
Auto-apostrophes are good for you
First, know that you can type
dont
to get to
don't
, and
cant
to get to
can't
. We've told you to put
some faith in the iPad's Auto-Correction software. And that applies to contractions. In other words,
save time by letting the iPad's intelligent keyboard insert the apostrophes on your behalf for these
and other common words.
We're aware of at least three exceptions: The iPad can't distinguish between
it's
and
its, can't
and
cant,
and
won't
and
wont.
So if you need, say, e-mails to important business cli-
ents to be grammatically correct, remember that Auto-Correction can't (not
cant
) get it (or
it's
or
its
) right all the time.
In a similar vein, if you ever
need
to type an apostrophe (for example, when you want to type
it's
),
you don't need to visit the punctuation and numeric keyboard. Instead, press the Exclamation Mark/
Comma key for at least one second, and an apostrophe magically appears. Slide your finger onto it
and then lift your finger, and presto — you've typed an apostrophe without touching the punctuation
and numeric keyboard.
Make rejection work for you
Along those same lines, if the Auto-Correction suggestion isn't the word you want, instead of ignor-
ing it, reject it. Finish typing the word and then tap the
x
to reject the suggestion before you type an-
other word. Doing so makes your iPad more likely to accept your word the next time you type it and
less likely to make the same incorrect suggestion again.
